Before the White House, Kennedy was a high-school prankster
BOSTON (Reuters) – Years before he captained the torpedo boat PT-109, ran for office or set the United States on a path to put a man on the moon, President John F. Kennedy was a troublesome teen whose hijinks nearly got him kicked out of his prestigiou…
U.S. court fines UPS $247 million over illegal cigarette shipments
(Reuters) – A federal judge ordered United Parcel Service Inc to pay nearly $247 million in damages and penalties for “illegally shipping” large volumes of untaxed cigarettes in New York state and City, a court filing showed on Thursday.
Up to 600,000 immigrants in U.S. South may have path to legal status: analysis
(Reuters) – As many as 600,000 illegal immigrants in several U.S. states could have a path to legally remain in the country, according to an analysis released on Thursday by a legal aid group.
California inmate firefighter killed in line of duty
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – One of thousands of prison inmate volunteers trained to fight wildfires in California was killed by a falling tree in the far northwestern corner of the state, marking the fourth such fatality in 60 years, state corrections offi…
Alabama doctor tied to Insys gets 20 years for illegal prescriptions
(Reuters) – An Alabama doctor was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison after being convicted with a colleague of prescribing painkillers through two clinics for no legitimate purpose, in a case tied to the U.S. probe of Insys Therapeutics Inc.
San Francisco fund manager pleads guilty to fraud conspiracy
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A San Francisco investment fund manager pleaded guilty on Thursday to conspiring to defraud investors by fabricating an impressive investing track record, New York federal prosecutors announced.
Protest in New York over Palestinian-American graduation speaker
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Dozens of right-wing demonstrators, including far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos, gathered in New York on Thursday to protest a university’s decision to invite a Palestinian-American activist to deliver its graduation speech n…
U.S. says three N.Y. prison guards sexually assaulted female inmates
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Three male prison guards repeatedly sexually assaulted and raped several female inmates under their supervision at a federal detention center in New York over time periods of up to three years, federal prosecutors said on Thursday….
Web of tracks, switches complicates NY Penn Station summer repairs
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Down in a damp, cavernous space beneath the western end of New York’s Pennsylvania station, national rail operator Amtrak showed on Thursday the three tracks it will take offline for emergency repairs, outlining the complicated ope…
Civil rights group sues in U.S. court over immigration detention
(Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in federal court on Thursday, seeking records the civil rights group contends provide accounts of hunger strikes at immigration detention facilities.
